Died On This Date (November 14, 2010) Tony Moreno / Record Label Veteran
themusicsover Tony Moreno
DOB Unknown – November 14, 2010
Tony Moreno is best remembered as the founder of MP Records, one of the biggest independent Latin music labels in the United States. Moreno moved to Miami from Cuba shortly in the aftermath of Fidel Castro’s revolution. In 1987, he started MP Records which quickly established itself as one of the premier Tropical labels in the world. Over the course of MP’s long run (it merged with J&N Records in 2006) it was home to the likes of Oscar D’ Leon, Eddie Santiago, Tito Rojas, and Jose Luis “El Puma” Rodriguez. Tony Moreno was 66 when he passed away on November 14, 2010.